pricing

Has Google Made the Lowest Hotel Rates Harder to Find?

Google appears to have recently changed how it treats the biggest hotel discounts in its advertising-driven, price-comparison hotel search. In our test searches, we see a change. Google used to […]

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What airline pricing needs: a dynamically new approach!

Could it be that pricing opportunities, despite sophisticated airline RM systems, are still not being exploited fully by most airlines? That is the view of an airline revenue management specialist […]

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Travel sites push for easier air fare comparison, airlines oppose move

As airlines charge extra for baggage while adding more fee-based amenities like premium seating and in-flight wi-fi, it’s getting more difficult for travelers to compare the cost of a flight […]

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Top 5 Ways to Drive Your Hotel’s ADR

Email marketing to drive average daily rate (ADR)? Absolutely. As Revinate’s Senior Hospitality Marketing Strategist, one of the first things I’m often asked by our customers is how they can […]

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Hotstats Hotels Performance: MENA, Europe, UK and US (January 2018)

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA Following a very challenging period of trading in recent years, year-on-year growth in revenue and profit at hotels in the Middle East & Africa in January […]

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Airbnb And Parity: What Hoteliers Need To Know

Airbnb are never far away from the headlines, but the homesharing giants have been outdoing themselves in 2018. Alongside a plethora of announcements made at the end of February, including […]

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Understanding Customer Acquisition Costs to Determine Value & Profit

Hotel revenue managers are experts at determining how much revenue a particular guest will generate. NB: This is an article by Rainmaker With their RMS, they use predictive analytics to […]

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Should ‘open pricing’ negate traditional contracted rates?

RFP season may have passed, but it won’t be too long before it descends on us again and perhaps now is the time to evaluate just how we contract – […]

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Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing

Imagine if airlines could tailor fare offers based on who was making the ticket inquiry, rather than strictly on the search criteria. Well, industry technology and revenue-management experts say those […]

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Earn more direct bookings for your hotel with transparency

On Monday morning, I decided that since I knew all about the high commissions that hotels are charged for bookings through online travel agents (OTAs), I would do the right […]

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